Rhode Island Numbers

Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Rhode Island with an average rate of 42.3 new cases per 100,000 population in the period from 2007 to 2011.

From 1997 to 2011 cancer screening rates for adults over 50 nearly doubled (from 42% to 75%), during this period the rate of new cancer diagnoses was nearly cut in half (from 79 to 40 per 100,000). more

Source: Behavior Risk Factor SurveySelf-reported data as part of the overall survey. Screenings include both colonoscopies and sigmoidoscopies.

By Gender

Source: National Center for Health Statistics

By Race

Rhode Island has a lower rate of newer cancer cases for blacks than whites (39 compared to 48 per 100,000 population for the 2005-2009 time period). The national rate for white is slightly higher, for blacks it is much lower (45 compared to 57 per 100,000 for the same time period).